On August 26 Azad resigned from all positions of the Congress party, including its primary membership

In March Azad was conferred the Padma Bhushan by then President Ram Nath Kovind

Retires from the Rajya Sabha in February 2021

In August he came into direct confrontation with the Gandhi family after he headed the group of 23 seeking a leadership and organisational change in the party

Elected to the Rajya Sabha for the 5th and final time

Becomes Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha after the BJP-led NDA forms the government in May 2014

Made Union minister of water resources (additional charge)

Elected to the Rajya Sabha for a fourth term and subsequently appointed as Union minister of health and family welfare

Sworn in as chief minister of Jammu and and Kashmir

Appointed as Union minister of parliamentary affairs and urban development in the UPA 1 government of Dr Manmohan Singh

Re-elected to the Rajya Sabha for the third term

Joined hands with Sonia Gandhi after then Congress President Sitaram Kesri was humiliated and thrown out of the party

Re-elected to the Rajya Sabha for a second term

Given additional responsibility of Union ministry of civil aviation and tourism

Became Rajya Sabha member for the first time during the prime ministership of P V Narasimha Rao and made Union minister of parliamentary affairs

Becomes Union minister of state in the ministry of home affairs and MoS, food and civil supplies

Re-elected from Washim constituency in Maharashtra and became member of the Congress parliamentary board which was headed by Rajiv Gandhi

Served as a Union deputy minister in the ministry of information and broadcasting

Enters the Union council as deputy minister in the ministry of law, justice and company affairs in Indira Gandhi government

Won his first election and that too to the Lok Sabha from Washim constituency in Maharashtra

Appointed as general secretary of the Indian Youth Congress by Sanjay Gandhi

Appointed as the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress

Appointed as a secretary of the block Congress committee in Bhalessa in Jammu and Kashmir

Born in Soti village of Bhadarwah in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district